Meritocracy Classroom of Hachiman: Hachiman's Strength Above All Classroom

Hachiman looked at Haruno.

This was his past. He had not hidden it, but ordinary people should not have known about it. However, Haruno had a good relationship with Hiratsuka-sensei, so perhaps she knew.

Or perhaps...

Haruno's younger sister had been selected to attend this school, and Hiratsuka-sensei had told Haruno that he was here as well.

Either explanation made sense.

But judging from Yukino's behavior, Yukino Yukino had not been selected. She had been forcibly sent to this school.

Hachiman was certain that the person behind it was this older sister.

So this sister's intention was...

Then she brought up his injury... Hachiman had nearly forgotten about that.

But thinking back on it... a few days before he entered his new school, he had seen a little dog running wildly across the road. The dog had not been watching where it was going, and a black sedan had been approaching from ahead.

If he had done nothing, the dog would definitely have been hit to death.

Thinking that, Hachiman instinctively reached out to pull the dog away. Then... the car braked, but his left leg was injured as a result. The dog, however, was fine.

Then he had been hospitalized.

The sedan's driver had gotten out to apologize and voluntarily taken responsibility.

At the time, Hachiman himself had borne a great deal of responsibility.

Yet the other party had still insistently paid all of his hospitalization expenses. That had been the end of the matter.

Afterward, Hachiman had worried that being hospitalized would prevent him from reporting to school on time, causing him to be isolated or something.

Instead, Hiratsuka-sensei had recommended Advanced Nurturing High School to him.

And here, he had begun his new life.

Yes.

He had begun a new life.

Or rather, if he had not